STASI v. SWEIGART

Opinion No. 28058.

434 S.C. 239 (2021)

863 S.E.2d 669

Lukas STASI and Brittney L. Stasi, Petitioners, v. Mallory SWEIGART and Matthew Kidwell, Defendants, Of whom Mallory Sweigart is the Respondent, In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed September 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Franklin McDow IV and Erin K Urquhart , McDow and Urquhart, LLC; Barrett Wesley Martin , Barrett W. Martin, P.A., all of Rock Hill, for Petitioners.

Stephen D. Schusterman , Schusterman Law Firm, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.


This is an appeal from an order of the family court terminating Mallory Sweigart's parental rights to her nine-year-old daughter. The court of appeals reversed, finding Mallory had not "wilfully failed to visit the child," the statutory ground for termination alleged in this case. We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals...

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